"Mercury is a persistent
and chronic health threat to solid waste workers. It also presents
an expensive problem to remove the mercury from the landfill leachate.
Therefore, the best management practice for mercury-containing devices
is recycling."
Paul Stevens
Department of Solid Waste Management, Escambia County, Florida
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"These types of spent lamps have been banned from solid waste
incineration since July 1, 1994, in any quantity."
Florida Department of Environmental Protection,
Managing Spent Fluorescent and High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lamps,
A Fact Sheet For Florida Businesses and Government Facilities
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